County crime profile · 2024 · very large county · property-led
Cherokee County, GA
At 266,620 residents, Cherokee County is a very large county in Georgia. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).
Cherokee County, GA reported 68 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Cherokee County, GA agencies reported 180 violent and 776 property offenses. That equals about 68 violent and 291 property crimes per 100,000 using a verified Census population join. Table 10 coverage is a voluntary subset of U.S. counties.
2024 UCR year
180 violent offenses
68/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Cherokee County, GA
Position in the state cohort
Cherokee County sits mid-pack among comparable Georgia counties
At 67.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Cherokee County ranks 69 of 94 — above 25 of the 93 other Georgia counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -39.4% against the cohort median of 111.4. Counties that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 54.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 67.5 in 2024 (+25.0%). The highest observed value was 70.9 in 2021 and the lowest 54.0 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 78.2% of reported property offenses in Cherokee County, against a cohort median of 67.8%. The remainder is burglary (103) and motor vehicle theft (66). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
On a very large county row, county figures aggregate every participating agency inside the county. Participation is voluntary. Per-100,000 rates use a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census county population, never a Table 10 field; unmatched counties stay count-only. A large county line encloses very different communities.
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · very large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
776
Burglary
103
Larceny-Theft
607
Motor Vehicle Theft
66
Arson
1
Violent Crime
180
Murder
1
Rape
27
Robbery
6
Aggravated Assault
146
Reporting Agency
Cherokee County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Cherokee County's crime figures on this page originate from Cherokee County Sheriff's Office's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Counties in Georgia
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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.
FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.